Garment waistband



R. H. ALSCHULER ET Al. 2,509,551

GARMENT WAISTBAND Filed June 4, 1949 Patented Mar. 14, 1950 UNITEDSTATES PATENT :OFFICE .l

l 2,5b,651 GARMENT WAISTBAND Richard H. Alschuler and Norman Reinhardt--sen, Chicago, jIll., assignors to il. B. Simpson, Inc., Chicago, Ill.,a corporation `of Illinois Application June 4 1949, Serial No. 97,116

The invention pertains to waist bands for trousers and like garmentshaving waist portions viitting the hips of the wearer and the generalobject is to provide a waist band ywhich will insure greater frictionalengagement between the garment and the yinner clothing of the wearer,which will provide greater com-fort to the wearer .and which willpresent a neat and attractive appearance for the garment.

The object of the invention thus generally stated together with otherand ancillary advantages there attended are attained by the constructionand arrangement shown by way of i1- lustration in the accompanyingdrawings, in

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Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view showing our improved waistband attached to the waist portion of a garment, the band of the garmentbeing shown in vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section view taken approximately on theline 2--2 of Fig. 1 but on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the mannerin which the Various parts of the band are assembled when securedtogether.

The improved waist band comprises in general an upper strip 'I of awebbing of well known character incorporating a plurality of parallelrubber ribs 8, a bottom, strip 9 of biased canvas, and a covering meansof lining material comprising in the preferred embodiment an envelopeIII enclosing the canvas strip and a flap or curtain I I overlying theenvelope III and constituting an inner facing therefor.

The rubber ribbed top strip l is relatively nonelastic and because ofits lack of pliability is made narrow in width so as to avoid discomfortto the wearer of the garment. As shown, its upper edge has a narrow hemI2 secured by a row of stitchf ing I3 to the inner hem I4 4of thegarment waist portion I5. The rubber ribs 8 protrude slightly from theface of the webbing so as to provide increased frictional engagementbetween the lband of the inner clothing of the wearer.

The biased canvas webbing 9 is made of a width preferably comparable tothat of the rubber web ribbing 'I and has its upper edge secured to thelower edge of the webbing by means of a row of stitching I6. This stripof biased canvas is slightly elastic so as to be capable of stretchingto conform readily to the shape of the hips of the wearer.

In order to present a neat and nished appearance, the canvas strip 9 isenclosed within the 2 i envelope I Il which is made from a relativelywide strip of lining material folding upon itself and having its freeedges secured together by stitching IE, withv the upper edge ofthecanvas strip 9 interposed between the walls of the envelope. In Fig.2 `the free edges of the liolded'strip of lin ing material are'indicated by the'numerals I 'i and I8, and the free edge of the canvas\.vebbing is designated'bythenumeral I8. In practice, the envelope IIJis preferably secured to the material of the garment by stitching 20 ofthe type commonly known as a felling stitch. In the preferred embodimentwe provide the curtain II to cover this stitching. This curtain islikewise made from a strip of lining ma-` terial folded upon itself andhaving its free edge portions 2l interposed between the lower edgeportion Ta of the rubber ribbed webbing on the one hand, and the edgeportion I 'I of the envelope Ill for the biased canvas strip 9. It willbe seen that the free edges of the several materials are securedtogether by the row of stitching I6 and terminate on the side of theband which is to constitute the inner side when the band is attached tothe garment.

In Fig. 3 we have illustrated the manner in which the various parts areassembled in constructing the band. As there shown, the webbing 1 andthe canvas strip 9 are arranged gener-ally in face-to-face relation withthe edge portions of the envelope I0 disposed on opposite side of thestrip 9 and with the edge portions of the curtain flap II interposedbetween the webbing 'I and the envelope I0. The Various edge portionsare then sewed together by the stitching I6. The canvas strip 9 and itsenvelope Ill together with the iiap or curtain II are then foldeddownwardly substantially into the plane of the webbing 'I and theadjoining portions suitably pressed.

We claim as our invention:

1. A waist band for trousers and the like comprising, in combination, anarrow strip of rubber ribbed webbing having an upper edge forattachment to the upper hem of the garment, a strip of biased canvashaving one edge secured to the lower edge of said webbing, and anenvelope of lining material enclosing said canvas strip, said envelopebeing secured, together with the upper edge of the canvas strip, to thelower edge of said webbing.

2. A waist band for trousers and the like comprising, in combination, anarrow strip of rubber ribbed webbing having an upper edge forattachment to the upper hem of the garment, a strip prising, incombination, a narrow strip of rulbber ribbed webbing having an upperedge for attach-A,

ment to the upper hem of the garment, a strip of biased canvas havingone edge secured to the lower edge of said webbing, and an envelopeenclosing said canvas strip comprising a wide strip of lining materialfolded upon itself and having its free edge portions disposed onopposite sides of the upper edge of the canvas strip and secured theretoand to the lower edge of the webbing with the free edges of the severalstrips terminating on the same side of the band, anda second strip oflining material folded upon itself and having its free edges securedtogether by said stitching between the envelope of lining material andthe lower edge of the rubber webbing, said second strip constituting afacing curtain for the envelope, and the edges of the several strips terminating on the same side of the band.

4. In a garment having a waist portion with an inturned hem, a waistband having an upper narrow strip of rubber ribbed webbing with an upperedge portion stitched to the garment hem, a lower strip of biased canvashaving its upper edge secured to the lower edge of the rubber ribbedwebbing, an envelope of lining material enclosing "the canvas strip andhaving its lower folded edge stitched to the garment, and an innerfacing curtain made from a wide strip of linmaterial folded upon itselfand secured betweenthe lower edge of the webbing and the upper edge ofthe canvas strip.

5. In a garment having a waist portion with an inturned hem, a waistband having an upper narrow strip of rubber ribbed webbing with an upperedge portion stitched to the garment hem, a lower strip of biased canvashaving its upper edge secured to the lower edge of the rubber ribbedwebbing, and an envelope enclosing said canvas strip, said envelopebeing made from a wide strip of cloth folded upon itself and securedbetween the lower edge of the webbing and the upper edge of the canvasstrip.

RICHARD H. ALsCHULER. NORMAN REINHARDTSEN. v

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